Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUBUQUE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190948000614
Lincoln Elementary School
555 Nevada Street, Dubuque, IA 52001 · (563) 552-4050 · Dubuque County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Iowa public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
185 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 50.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 257 | 72.0% | 47.8% |
| Cleveland Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 254 | 76.4% | 37.5% |
| Grant Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 312 | 68.3% | 44.7% |
| Cedar River Academy at Taylor Cedar Rapids | 355 | 76.1% | 37.0% |
| Johnson STEAM Academy School Cedar Rapids | 324 | 70.4% | 40.0% |
| Audubon Elementary School Dubuque | 247 | 79.4% | 35.1% |
Matched among Iowa elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lincoln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Dubuque County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #516 of 564 | #14 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #529 of 564 ▼ 11 | #14 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #518 of 564 ▼ 6 | #14 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #465 of 705 | #15 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #4 of 561 | #3 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #26 of 561 | #1 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #62 of 666 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #259 of 359 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
257
-18 (-7%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 257 | 28.7 | 9.0:1 | 72% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 28.5 | 8.7:1 | 56% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 26.4 | 9.7:1 | 68% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 26 | 10.6:1 | 75% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 25.2 | 10.9:1 | 67% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 28 | 9.5:1 | 84% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 285 | 30 | 9.5:1 | 76% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 379 | 22 | 17.2:1 | 47% (178) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 25 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (276 to 257); teachers up 14% (25.2 to 28.7).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in Dubuque, Iowa. It educates 257 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Iowa is about 325 students.
Dubuque Comm School District (19 schools, 9,843 students) runs Lincoln Elementary School.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 35%. The remaining shares are 33% Black, 19% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 4% Pacific Islander. Census estimates put the White share of Dubuque County's population at about 89%. Lincoln Elementary School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.0 students per teacher. That is 4.8 students per teacher below the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 72% of students. The 39% average for public schools in Dubuque County is 33 points lower.
allk12 grades Lincoln Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Lincoln Elementary School scores 47.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.9%.
Census estimates describe Dubuque County this way: the median household income is $77,630, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Dubuque County has 26 public schools and roughly 13,164 students.
The closest other public school is George Washington Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lincoln Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 7% from 2020-21, when Lincoln Elementary School had 275 students, to 2024-25, when it had 257. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 10.6:1 to 9.0:1.
The Lincoln Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Dubuque County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,030
Census ACS
Median income
$77,630
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dubuque Comm School District
- Hempstead High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Dubuque Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
Other schools in Dubuque
- Hempstead High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Dubuque Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 168th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IA · 463 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolSpencer, IA · 442 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCedar Falls, IA · 416 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolOsage, IA · 405 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCharles City, IA · 280 students
Nearby schools
- George Washington Middle School0.5 mi · 584
- Bryant Elementary School0.8 mi · 299
- Dubuque Senior High School0.9 mi · 1,490
- Prescott Elementary School0.9 mi · 352
- Irving Elementary School1.1 mi · 409
- Audubon Elementary School1.5 mi · 247
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary School have?
Lincoln Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Elementary School are roughly 35% White, 8% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by Dubuque Comm School District in Dubuque County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.